High · West Virginia

Fairmont Senior High School

Free meals for all

Fairmont Senior High School, a public high school in Fairmont, West Virginia: grades 9–12, 835 students, 19.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Marion County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
835
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
19.9
Grades
9–12
High

More students per teacher than 97% of high schools in West Virginia

Median 14.7 · 116 schools compared

More students per teacher than 82% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 74% of high schools in West Virginia

Median 564 · 117 schools compared

Larger than 70% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on West Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

West Virginia: 46%

Not published: too few students tested.

West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

West Virginia: 41%

Not published: too few students tested.

West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Marion County Schools.

Location

Address
1 Loop Park Dr, Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone
(304)367-2150
City or town
Fairmont

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
East Fairmont High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1272517.3
Marion County Technical CenterCareer and technical
9–12——
North Marion High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1267116.4
Lincoln High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1252713.6
Grafton High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1265814.6
9–12——

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 540072000553